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Authored by: tedw on Aug 19, '10 11:43:56PM

Oh, I agree, I was just following up on the name of the original hint.

I will point out, though, that scripting it in applescript or automator is not quite as automatic as you might think. Once you've changed the image, you often have to kick-start it by changing the picture rotation, particularly if you previously had the system set to rotate the picture on a timed basis. If you don't, you'd probably need a logout or restart to see the new image.

This script is mostly useful in that peculiar case where you want to download a background picture automatically from the web (as from a webcam) in the background and without user intervention. While you can clearly use Safari to do it, Safari has to open and load the page, and scripting the image download is a bit trickier than you might imagine. Downloading it with curl and applescripting it is both easier and more stable, if automation is what you're after.

Edited on Aug 19, '10 11:45:33PM by tedw



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Authored by: crarko on Aug 20, '10 07:07:00AM

I think it's fine that the title is the same as the older hint; so if searchers hit on the old one they should be able to find the updated one too.



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